'Thirst' exposes drinking water, bottling issues

The Sterling Land Trust will hold a screening of "Thirst," a film about how people from the U.S. and other countries are seeking to secure and protect access to safe, affordable drinking water, on Thursday, January 31, 7-9 p.m., at First Church, Room 2. Thirst also looks at the $8.3 billion bottled water industry, and how giant multinational corporations are damaging aquifers around the world, using them as sources for their "spring" water at the expense of local streams, wells and farms.

The film will be followed by a discussion of how the drive to privatize drinking water, and the battle to protect it, is being played out in local communities.

The discussion will be facilitated by Ruth Caplan of the Sierra Club Water Privatization Task Force.